19 weeks 1 day - the daily grind

Funny how pregnancy actually gets boring. It's hard to maintain the same level of excitement over a 40 week period. I'm just a walking talking incubator. I could also be seen as a small one room apartment with a tiny lodger. I could even be seen as a person with a very big parasite that will magically remove itself after 40 weeks. Ah the possibilities. I should be taking some more pictures but I just haven't gotten around to it.

I spent most of the evening yesterday picking up the house in preparation for the cleaning ladies today. God bless cleaning ladies, honestly! They make life so much easier and better. I recommend them to all my friends with children. Maybe I'll get around to that elusive belly shot later this evening.

We traded in our VW for an older BMW. It seems to be pretty good so we'll have to see. I'm just waiting to get out of work. I'd love to leave a few months early and really take some time off for myself before baby number 2 arrives but I'm not entirely certain how I'd work that one out. Where there's a will there's a way right?

18 weeks - Prenatal visit

I've made to 18 weeks. I should have a teeny party. I had a prenatal appointment today and all is well. Baby had a strong heartbeat and is pretty active. I swear s/he is stretching in there. Maybe it's trying to make some extra room in there or something. At least I'm definitely feeling movement. It's tapping and pushing and kicking gently. My hemoglobin is getting pretty low though and I've had to start taking iron suppliments to keep the level from dropping any further. No wonder I'm tired...

17 weeks 3 days - New cars...hmmm

It's now friday which makes me 17 weeks and 3 days. Here's a picture that was taken yesterday which makes it pretty current. I actually had a real photographer for this one...namely the lovely husband. He tends to take pictures when I have the worst expression, so in this picture I have a strange dreamy look very remenicient of 50's portraits. All in all I can't complain.

As you can see I have quite the little belly going on. I've gained about 6 lbs in total so far. That's not too bad when they say you should gain about 30 lbs in total. No stretch marks yet. I didn't get any the first time around so I'm hoping I'll be lucky this time around.

The little guy keeps moving around. I get the feeling he does a bit of stretching...at least it feels like that. Anna stretched all the time. You can see a picture of my little cutie on the left side. She got her first pig tails today and she was so very proud of them. Just look at that winning smile. :) We're due to pick up a new car tomorrow. Ok..it's a used car but it's new for us. Hopefully it'll be a decent car. We'll just have to see.

17 weeks - Almost half way?

Jeez. Who knew time went by so quickly? With Anna it felt like the pregnancy lasted forever but this time it's flying by. When I get to 20 weeks I'll be half way already. Where on earth did the time go?

I have about 4 months left at work before I go on maternity leave. I'm trying to decide whether or not I'll go and have an ultrasound done to see gender of the little bean. I called one such place today and they some kind of 4D ultrasounds that cost over 200 €. I'm beginning to think that I really don't want a 4D ultrasound....not unless it's cheap or free that is. Why can't they do it with a normal ultrasound? I'll find out eventually but the suspense is killing me.

Do I get out all the cute little girly clothes and wash them in preparation or buy little boy clothes? At this rate it looks like I'll get out the non-gender specific clothes and wash those and worry about the rest later :). I have a prenatal appointment on the 16th where they'll measure me, weigh me and prick my finger and then I'll get to hear the heartbeat. That's always my favorite part. Nothing eventful going on thankfully. The pregnancy is going along swimmingly.

They promised snow by the end of the week. Luckily the chimney is up and works beautifully and we're now waiting for the inspector to inspect the frame of the house. After that things can really start happening :). It's so exciting!

Just me...

Just me looking pretty decent for once. I thought it might be nice to put a rather fetching picture of myself here since I'm usually the picture taker I rarely have pictures taken of me.

15 weeks 6 days - Feeling good, great actually

I'm feeling great. Sure I've got lots to do but none of it is getting me down. I've managed to keep from letting things get me down. It's interesting. Should I blame hormones or the self hypnosis I've been practicing each day? Whatever it is I like it.

The picture is from 15 weeks 3 days a.k.a. taken last weeks Friday. I should have a tummy by now shouldn't I? I have to have a look at the belly photo's I took while pregnant with Anna to see how I compare this time around. I feel like I'm huge but then again I am in my second trimester and am approaching the halfway point. Tomorrow I'll be 16 weeks along so in 4 more weeks I'll be half way. Where does the time go?

Anna was tapping my tummy saying wakey wakey. She's learning horrible habits from her father *grin*. The weather is turning colder now and is definitely autumn weather. The leaves are beautifully colored. I'm blessed because I suffer from eternal warmness and am happy in the cooler weather. Want to warm up...just take my hands. They're glowing nearly constantly nowadays. Funny with Anna my hands were almost always cold and now it's the opposite.